2027 Summer Intern - Power Systems Model Engineering

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) • Carmel, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Power Systems Model Engineering Intern, you will contribute to the accuracy and reliability of MISO’s grid models by supporting model validation, data mapping, and process improvements across the Modeling team. This role helps ensure the datasets that power system reliability and market operations are accurate for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada. You will gain hands-on experience with industry-standard modeling tools like Siemens’ CIM-based Model Manager and GE’s Energy Management System (EMS), coding and automation (Python, C++, or Perl) to streamline model validation and data cleanup, and real-world projects such as improving modeling workflows, resolving data mapping issues, or supporting MISO’s custom modeling applications. The specific focus will depend on your team assignment. A great day in this role means validating model data, helping resolve a mapping issue between systems, or improving the workflow the Modeling team relies on daily. You will document your findings and communicate them to your immediate team and any internal group with a stake in the outcome. You’ll know you’re making an impact when your work resolves a challenge the team faced, streamlines a process, or directly improves the accuracy of a model used across the business. MISO’s Modeling team builds one of the largest and most complex electric grid models in the world, gathering system and infrastructure data from utilities across MISO’s footprint and neighboring regions. The datasets this team produces feed nearly every group that supports system reliability and markets, so your work touches business areas across the entire company. It’s also a chance to build broad business acumen and learn about MISO’s footprint, stakeholders, and role in the industry.

Requirements

• Experience with a common programming language or coding techniques (Python preferred)
• Common Microsoft tools like PowerPoint and Word

Nice To Haves

• Coding course experience in Python, C++, or Perl
• Coursework in Electric Power Systems
• A self-starter mindset with curiosity about MISO
• Ability to work well both independently and within a team

Responsibilities

• Support model validation
• Support data mapping
• Support process improvements
• Streamline model validation and data cleanup using coding and automation (Python, C++, or Perl)
• Improve modeling workflows
• Resolve data mapping issues
• Support MISO’s custom modeling applications
• Document findings
• Communicate findings to immediate team and internal stakeholders

Benefits

• Paid

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree